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Luukko and his staff play early morning hockey games at Wells Fargo Center

Comcast-Spectacor President & COO PETER LUUKKO was featured in a Q&A today about his businesses. He said of Wells Fargo Center and the changing arena business, "When I first started, if a show grossed $100,000, that was a big gig. We had the Rolling Stones here recently and grossed over $4 million per show." Luukko said the allure of hockey is "the speed and pace." He added of a regular 7:15am ET hockey game that he plays in with team employees at the arena, "What I like is the camaraderie on the bench and in the locker room" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 10/21).

BUCK UP: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's "What's Your Workout" feature today highlights Professional Bull Rider LUKE SNYDER, who said that he relies on "a mix of yoga, low-impact cardio and body-weight-based strength exercises to keep him in shape." He added his strategy is to stay "thin to win." Snyder works out "two to three times a week, as long as his muscles aren't too sore from a competition" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 10/22).

THE MORE THE MERRIER? Yankees 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ has added attorney LANNY DAVIS to his "already expansive legal team." Davis has previously worked with Penn State and is still retained by Redskins Owner DAN SNYDER (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 10/22). Davis said that he has been “acting as an adviser to the legal team for the past six weeks.” He also previously served as White House Special Counsel to President BILL CLINTON (ESPN.com, 10/21).